A Wish-List Toy from 'TRON: Legacy'

There's a new toy for TRON Legacy, a new light cycle that boasts some pretty impressive technology. As Disney Toys and Electronics veep Chris Heatherly puts it, "One of the things the light cycles can do in the movie is ride in the third dimension...We recreated that using Spin Master's zero G technology that lets you ride up the walls and upside down on the ceiling." That's right: Those of us who grew up with the wind up Evel Knievel bikes are going to be pissed. There's a toy that can climb walls and ride the ceiling, very closely emulating the sort of breakthrough Lionel Richie envisioned in 1986. Fast Company, a terrific magazine (I can highly recommend the Masters of Design issue from last...October?) expands on the jaw-dropping gizmo, adding "the cycles also feature six-foot light emitting trails. When two bikes are racing against each other, and one crosses through the other's light trail, it'll fall off the wall or ceiling, just as in the film." I am so not prepared for the future. Watch the light cycles in action:

Comments

[Josh]

I so want one!

[Carv]

I WANT THAT KEYBOARD!

Y'know, I really think glowing lines could be a fashion trend next year.

[dimajanation]

Dear Colin,
Please buy me all these toys. I would appreciate it very much. Thank you.

P.S. Can't wait to read your review for Grown Ups. Is it just me or did that really suck???